Usually when you smoke marijuana and make a point of talking about it a lot in public, you'll eventually get arrested. Unless you're Doug Benson, in which case you convince a camera crew to follow you around for two months and make a movie called 'Super High Me'. Benson, who regularly appears on VH1's Best Week Ever and was voted Stoner of the Year in 2006 by High Times Magazine, talked to me about his starring role in the cockumentary (comedy/documentary) that details the process of obtaining medical marijuana and then smoking it backstage with Sarah Silverman and Dave Navarro.
In a recent survey, 68% of CollegeHumor users have at least tried pot. Is it true that you didn't start smoking until after college, after you had become a comedian?
Yes, it's true. I tried it once or twice in high school, but didn't think it affected me. Then I tried again on the road one night with some fellow comedians, and I did it right. So I've been trying it ever since!
You filmed your movie in California, where you have a medical marijuana license. What was the 'medicinal purpose' that allowed you to receive that, and was it legit?
It was sort of legit. But that's not the point. If smoking pot makes someone feel better in any way, while they are not endangering other people in any way, that person should be allowed to smoke pot. I told my doctor I had back problems. Which I do. You know what they say, more money, more back problems.
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